Shurangama Mantra with Verses and Commentary by Venerable Tripitaka Master Hsuan Hua 36. NOA DA 拏耶 Vô hình vô tượng Thuấn Nhã Đa Thị chi bất kiến văn diệc yết Thành trụ hoại không nhị thập kiếp Kim Cang Đại Định vị tằng na. 無形無象舜若多 視之不見聞亦歇 成住壞空二十劫 金剛大定未曾挪 NA YE Without shape, without appearance is Shunyata. One looks but does not see it, nor can it be heard. Creation, dwelling, decay, emptiness--each takes twenty kalpas. But through it all in Vajra Samadhi, it has not moved an inch. COMMENTARY: NA literally means "to grab." NA YE can be translated as "emptiness" or "oblivion." Emptiness here refers to the spirit of emptiness. Some of the heavenly spirits don't have anything to do so they look for something to do. Basically emptiness is nothing at all, so why watch over it? These spirits are just like people who set themselves up as an "Energy Commisioner" or an "Air Control ...
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